Which of the following is correctly structured?
A. My mother asked that Sama tidy her room.
B. My mother asked that Sama tidies her room.
C. My mother asked if Sama tidy her room.
D. My mother asked whether Sama tidy her room.
My answer : I would think of the following answer:
“My mother asked whether Sama tidied her room” but this answer is not one between the answers given.
Hi, Ahmed Al7ady,
@Ahmed Al7ady posted:Which of the following is correctly structured?
A. My mother asked that Sama tidy her room.
B. My mother asked that Sama tidies her room.
C. My mother asked if Sama tidy her room.
D. My mother asked whether Sama tidy her room.
My answer : I would think of the following answer:“My mother asked whether Sama tidied her room” but this answer is not one between the answers given.
No, the only answer that works here is 'a'. You can use 'ask that + subject + inf.' or 'ask that + subject + should + inf.' as I have told you here:
https://thegrammarexchange.inf...c/reported-speech-74
This is called the subjunctive mood.
